(2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and business licenses or approval documents as stipulated by other laws and administrative regulations;

(3) illegally engaging in securities, futures and insurance business without the approval of the relevant competent department of the state, or illegally engaging in fund payment and settlement business;

How to convict an individual for illegal business operation is as follows:

1. A natural person who commits a crime shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income. If the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income, or his property shall be confiscated;

2. If a unit commits a crime, it shall be fined, and the person in charge directly responsible and other directly responsible personnel shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to the provisions of this article.

What is the punishment standard for individual illegal business operation?

1. Whoever, in violation of state regulations, engages in international telecommunications business or engages in profit-making activities involving telecommunications business in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan without authorization by renting international private lines, privately setting up switching equipment or other methods shall be prosecuted if he is suspected of any of the following circumstances:

(1) Those who engage in outgoing business with an amount of more than one million yuan;

(2) the loss of telecom charges caused by the operation of incoming services is more than one million yuan;

(3) Although the above amount standard has not been met, he has been subjected to administrative punishment for more than two times for illegally operating international telecommunications services or telecommunications services involving Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and engaged in illegal business activities;

2. Illegal foreign exchange operation should be prosecuted if it is suspected of one of the following circumstances:

(1) buying and selling foreign exchange outside designated foreign exchange banks and China Foreign Exchange Trading Center and its sub-centers, with an amount of more than 2, US dollars, or with an illegal income of more than 5, yuan;

(2) fraudulent purchase of foreign exchange through intermediary, with an amount of more than one million dollars or an illegal income of more than 1, yuan.

3. publishing, printing, copying and distributing illegal publications in violation of state regulations shall be prosecuted under any of the following circumstances.

(1) the amount of personal illegal business is more than 5, yuan;

(2) the amount of personal illegal income is more than 2, yuan;

(3) individuals illegally run 5, newspapers or periodicals or 2, books or more than 5 boxes of audio-visual products and electronic publications.

Legal Basis

Article 225 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China

The crime of illegal business operation violates state regulations and commits one of the following illegal business operations, which disturbs the market order. If the circumstances are serious, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times his illegal income or confiscated of his property:

(1) dealing in exclusive or exclusive goods or other goods whose trading is restricted as stipulated by laws and administrative regulations without permission;

(2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and business licenses or approval documents as stipulated by other laws and administrative regulations;

(3) illegally engaging in securities, futures and insurance business, or illegally engaging in fund payment and settlement business without the approval of the relevant competent department of the state;

(4) other illegal business operations that seriously disrupt the market order.